Calvin Coolidge for President

George Will’s column today begins with a wonderful epigram from Calvin Coolidge, which applies in obvious counterpoint to The Lightworker Obama: It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man. But there’s more where that came from. Here’s Not-So-Silent Cal’s immediate sequel: When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions. It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness. They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation which sooner or later impairs their judgment. They are in grave danger of becoming careless and arrogant. And finally, d...